In re Arthur B. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re ARTHUR B. et al., Persons B331780 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Los Angeles County Superior ______________________________ Court No. 22LJJP00521A-B LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

A.B.,

Defendant and Appellant;

M.P.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Debra L. Gonzales, Judge. Affirmed. Liana Serobian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal,

for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. Ernesto Paz Rey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent. ____________________ A father challenges custody and visitation orders that fell within the juvenile court’s broad discretion. We affirm. The November 2022 dependency petition had allegations against the father and mother of two teenage boys, then ages 17 and 14. (The older son is now 19.) The petition claimed the father was physically violent with the mother in the children’s presence and had unresolved substance abuse issues, while the mother failed to protect her children from the father. In December 2022, the juvenile court detained the children from the father, released them to the mother, and ordered counseling for the minors. By then, the father had been charged with spousal battery and was subject to a criminal protective order. The investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services uncovered acts of violence by the father. The episode giving rise to this case involved the father pinning the mother against a wall, punching and pinching her, and threatening to kill her at a family event. The older son tried to intervene. Both sons and the mother were crying. Police arrested the father, who was intoxicated. The children reported the father was consistently drunk and controlled the mother. In the past, he kicked, cursed, pinched, and slapped the mother, was aggressive with her, and “put his hands” on her. The older son would try to intervene.